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Memorial site "185 empty chairs"  
   

Memorial site "185 empty chairs"

In memory of 185 people who died in the earthquake in Feb 2011.
New Zealand (part 3 - Christchurch)

March 19th 2014
5 to 7 March 2014 – Christchurch was our last destination on the 2-week trip to New Zealand. This is the third biggest city in the country. A few days before we arrived in the city, the snow was falling, then a storm hit the city and it caused a serious flood. We were lucky as the day when we arrived in the city, it had stopped raining and the sun was shining the next day. The outside temperatur ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

New Zealand Flag The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more
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